Weekend bender! pics heavy...

[dwardo]

Hey all,

My friend mutt and i were out last weekend trying our hand at making a bender big enough for a couple of people. It took about 4 hours to build and was great fun :D We had loads of material to hand as we were in a small copice of alder, wych elm, and various other bits such as sycamore etc.

The bender was made in what i think is a traditional way by sinking the main poles in a circle and bending them over to meet each other in the middle.. (thanks to lightfoot for the supporting documentation lol)

We used only natural cordage (wych elm) and a large tarp (not so natural but hey) for the covering. We built a small fire at the entrance and whilst the fire was burning we had a quater of the roof rolled back to let out the smoke. We slept in the bender for the second night we were there and i had a wonderful nights sleep and it was quite warm once we had closed up the tarp a little.

Anyways loads of fun so give it a go!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/DSC00104.jpg

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http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/DSC00117.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/DSC00115.jpg

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thanks for looking :)

[Cephas]

Nice job! Havent made a natural shelter in quite a while now...

[Shewie]

NIce piccies there dwardo - looks like good fun

Did you make the little bench also ???

[dwardo]

NIce piccies there dwardo - looks like good fun

Did you make the little bench also ???

No but we had to replace all of the legs, the kind owner of the wood had built them but all of the legs had turned to mush so we knocked up a few rough ones, but hey they work :)

[shogun]

great pics excellent shelter...like your dog cracker

[gazmc2]

great shelter, very spacious!!

[gsfgaz]

That's brilliant m8... great shelter